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Reference Base  The great one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis L) |
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| Title: |
The great one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis L) |
| Author(s): |
Shebbeare, E.O.; Roy, A.N. |
| Year published: |
1948 |
| Journal: |
Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society |
| Volume: |
22 |
| Pages: |
88-91, pls. 1-3 |
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| File: |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Indian Rhino
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| All rhinos have the peculiar habit of depositing their dung in the same place daily for many days and of walking backwards to this spot for the last few yards. This habit is well known to poachers. |
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Morphology - Size
Javan Rhino
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| horn often extinct in the female. |
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Behaviour - Daily Routine
Indian Rhino
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| Rhino dislikes intense heat and is worried by flies and leeches. He lies up in thick forest during the heat of the day, generally in pools under deep shade or in muddy wallows. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Culture
Asian Rhino Species
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| The rhinoceros is held in great sanctity by all Hindus living in Northern India. |
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Value
All Rhino Species
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| Horn is used as aphrodisiac |
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Reproduction
Indian Rhino
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| Gestation period 18 months |
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Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1948, India, market value about IRS 25 per ounce, and a good horn weighs over 60 ounces |
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Taxonomy
Indian Rhino
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| R. unicornis the fold immediately behind the neck does not show a continuous ridge to the other side of the animal whereas in sondaicus it does. There is little difference in height, sondaicus being a few inches smaller at the shoulder, the horn smaller and often extinct in the female. |
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Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| Horn is valued as an antidote for various poisons, including opium. |
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Value
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1948, India, dried skin, IRS 1 per pound |
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